Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria (15 February 2023): Auction Catalogue

Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Observer Officer H. L. Eley) in named card box of issue, nearly...

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№ 481

Royal Observer Corps Medal, E.II.R., 1st issue (Observer Officer H. L. Eley) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

Hammer Price: £220

Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. William G. Wingate.); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman John...

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Police L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. William G. Wingate.); Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman John K. Barlow) in named ‘City of Chester’ box of issue; Plymouth City Constabulary Good Service Medal, silver, unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £70-£90

Hammer Price: £110

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (7), G.V.R. (3), 1st issue (2), (Edward J. Likeman; Ernest Brooks) second...

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Special Constabulary Long Service Medal (7), G.V.R. (3), 1st issue (2), (Edward J. Likeman; Ernest Brooks) second with ‘The Great War 1914-18’ clasp; 2nd issue (Thomas Snowden); G.VI.R., 1st issue (4) (Edward J. R. Carpenter; John L. Warrington; Alexander S. Wilson; Inspr. Harry W. Taylor) last with ‘Long Service 1945’ clasp, generally very fine (7) £70-£90

Hammer Price: £90

Service Medal of the Order of St John (3) (661 Pte. A. Williams Victoria Dist. Australia S.J.A.B.O. 1927; 2331B....

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Service Medal of the Order of St John (3) (661 Pte. A. Williams Victoria Dist. Australia S.J.A.B.O. 1927; 2331B. A/Sis. H. Caisley. No. 6 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1941.) first medal planchet only; with ‘5 Years Service’ clasp (2nd. Nursg. Offr. Aurelia E. Hume. July 1911); Voluntary Medical Service Medal (3) (L. R. Foster; Mrs. Helena A. M. Hendry; Miss J. Renton); Women’s Voluntary Service Medal (2), one in case of issue with ‘Long Service’ clasp, both unnamed as issued, generally nearly...

Hammer Price: £170

Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver, the outer silver rim...

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Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, G.IV.R., silver, the outer silver rim engraved (Henry Kennedy Esq., Voted Jan. 30. 1839.) fitted with small ring and wide straight bar suspension, contact marks, nearly very fine £400-£500

Hammer Price: £750

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, silver (Colin H. Bryant, Voted 18th. January 1940.) with...

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№ 486

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, silver (Colin H. Bryant, Voted 18th. January 1940.) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, on original investiture pin, in case of issue, extremely fine £800-£1,000

Hammer Price: £2,400

R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Willis Dixon), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, in fitted case of...

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№ 487

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R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, silver (Willis Dixon), complete with ‘For Humanity’ brooch bar, in fitted case of issue, good very fine £140-£180

Hammer Price: £190

British North Borneo Company’s Bravery Cross, bronze, unnamed, unissued residual stock, good very fine, scarce ...

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№ 488

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British North Borneo Company’s Bravery Cross, bronze, unnamed, unissued residual stock, good very fine, scarce £400-£500

Hammer Price: £300

British North Borneo Company’s Service Cross, bronze, unnamed, unissued residual stock, good very fine, rare ...

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№ 489

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British North Borneo Company’s Service Cross, bronze, unnamed, unissued residual stock, good very fine, rare £500-£700

Hammer Price: £450

The Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant E. W. Ruse, 128th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed during an...

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№ 490 x

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The Memorial Plaque to Lieutenant E. W. Ruse, 128th Field Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed during an accidental explosion, when eight charges went off at a stores depot which backed on to an Advanced Dressing Station, 31 December 1915. A number of casualties were suffered amongst the Sappers, the Field Ambulance Unit, and a nearby works party from the 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment Memorial Plaque (Edward Wallace Ruse) in card envelope of issue, with Buckingham Palace...

Hammer Price: £100

Memorial Plaque (Oliver Armstrong Nelson) very fine £50-£70

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Memorial Plaque (Oliver Armstrong Nelson) very fine £50-£70

Hammer Price: £50

Memorial Plaque (Paul Robert Elmhirst Baxter) good very fine £80-£100

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№ 492

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Memorial Plaque (Paul Robert Elmhirst Baxter) good very fine £80-£100

Hammer Price: £100

Silver War Badge (7) (RN22670; SA2180; SA4754; SA5533; SA8492; SA8822; SA9271; SA11784) fifth badge lacking pin,...

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Silver War Badge (7) (RN22670; SA2180; SA4754; SA5533; SA8492; SA8822; SA9271; SA11784) fifth badge lacking pin, sixth badge with safety chain partially obscuring second digit, otherwise generally very fine (7) £100-£140

Hammer Price: £170

A.N.Z.A.C. Commemorative Medallion, bronze, 75mm x 50mm, the obverse scene depicting Private John Simpson...

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A.N.Z.A.C. Commemorative Medallion, bronze, 75mm x 50mm, the obverse scene depicting Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick, 3rd Field Ambulance, A.I.F., with donkey, with the legend ‘1915 ANZAC’, the reverse with an outline of Australia and New Zealand, with the ‘Southern Cross’ constellation, officially engraved ‘M. J. Wright’, extremely fine £100-£140

Hammer Price: £200

Cardiff City Special Police Medal for the Great War 1914-19, bronze, unnamed as issued, very fine £40-£50

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№ 495

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Cardiff City Special Police Medal for the Great War 1914-19, bronze, unnamed as issued, very fine £40-£50

Hammer Price: £70

Royal Scots Greys Regimental Rifle Championship Prize Medal, gold (9ct, 11.32g), engraved ‘1928 Winner Lt. H. R....

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№ 496

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Royal Scots Greys Regimental Rifle Championship Prize Medal, gold (9ct, 11.32g), engraved ‘1928 Winner Lt. H. R. Mackeson’; together with three gold (10 ct) evening-dress waistcoat buttons, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

£100–£140

19th Light Dragoons Reward of Merit, engraved silver circular medal with raised rim and integral suspension ring, 62...

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19th Light Dragoons Reward of Merit, engraved silver circular medal with raised rim and integral suspension ring, 62 mm, obv. an elephant with howdah standing on plinth inscribed ‘XIX’, all within ribbon scroll inscribed ‘Assaye’ ‘Light Dragoons’ ‘Niagara’; rev. inscribed ‘The Reward of Merit & Soldierly Conduct. The Gift of the Officers. Awarded to J. Murry 1818’, good very fine and rare £400-£500

Hammer Price: £300

Dartmoor Autumn Manœuvres Medal 1873, by Upton & Hussey, 22 St. James’s Street’, 37mm, silver, the obverse...

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№ 498

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Dartmoor Autumn Manœuvres Medal 1873, by Upton & Hussey, 22 St. James’s Street’, 37mm, silver, the obverse depicting Deputy Controller Strickland, C.B.; the reverse depicting a tent in the pouring rain, 6 clasps, Princes Town, Roborough, Black Tor, Haxary, Ringmoor, Cadover Bridge, with top silver riband buckle, maker’s name engraved to edge, suspension claw slightly loose, nearly extremely fine, rare £300-£400

Hammer Price: £550

Upper Canada Preserved, ‘For Merit Presented by a Grateful Country’, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, 51mm, lion...

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Upper Canada Preserved, ‘For Merit Presented by a Grateful Country’, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, 51mm, lion and beaver face American eagle across panorama of the St Lawrence river, rev. legends in and around wreath, edge stamped ‘9’, contained in fitted case, good very fine and scarce £400-£500

Hammer Price: £1,100

Temperance Medals.
Royal Naval Temperance Society Membership Medal, silvered and enamel One Year Medal (RNTS.3),...

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Temperance Medals. Royal Naval Temperance Society Membership Medal, silvered and enamel One Year Medal (RNTS.3), with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar; Army Temperance Association India One Year Medal, silver (ATAI.2), with ‘Fidelity’ top riband bar, Army Temperance Association India Five Year Medal, silver and enamel (ATAI.5), Church Lads Brigade medal with Bar ‘1908’, some enamel damage, generally very fine (4) £50-£70

Hammer Price: £40

A Silver Prize Cup won by Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., Royal Dublin Fusiliers

An attractive silver chalice,...

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A Silver Prize Cup won by Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., Royal Dublin Fusiliers An attractive silver chalice, by Waterhouse, Dublin, 138mm high, 85mm diameter, silver (hallmarks for Sheffield 1889), engraved ‘Curragh Brigade Lawn Tennis Tournament August 1890. Championship Singles, 2nd. Prize, Won by Major C. D. Cooper.’, extremely fine £200-£240

Hammer Price: £200

A Boer War Watch Fob attributed to Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., Royal Dublin Fusiliers

An attractive and...

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A Boer War Watch Fob attributed to Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., Royal Dublin Fusiliers An attractive and unusual watch fob, fashioned entirely in gold, unmarked, in the form of a medal riband with five clasps, ‘Transvaal’, ‘Laing’s Nek’, ‘Pieters’, ‘Tugela Heights’, and ‘Colenso’, with brooch pin to the reverse, extremely fine £400-£500

Hammer Price: £440

A Selection of Medals and Watch Fobs.
A miscellaneous selection including a Brooch mounted Victorian Volunteer...

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№ 503

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A Selection of Medals and Watch Fobs. A miscellaneous selection including a Brooch mounted Victorian Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, unnamed; an Army Rifle Association India Medal; a Royal Scots watch fob engraved at the rear ‘Gen Moncrief Cup 1905, Pte H. Grittle’; a silvered watch chain and fob for the Liverpool Scottish; a Worcestershire Yeomanry Brooch; and sundry masonic and other items, generally good condition (lot) £80-£100

Hammer Price: £100

A Great War Presentation Wristwatch, by A.W.W. Co., Waltham, Mass.’, 32mm, black Arabic numerals, with subsidiary...

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A Great War Presentation Wristwatch, by A.W.W. Co., Waltham, Mass.’, 32mm, black Arabic numerals, with subsidiary seconds dial, the reverse gold plate inscribed ‘Presented to John Joseph Lynch of Douglas Bros. on the occasion of his joining the 69th. Battery. CEF. CFA. by his Friends and Fellow Workers, Toronto Can. June 30 1915.’, lacking strap, minor dinting to reverse, no longer in working order but as a presentation piece in reasonable condition £100-£140

Hammer Price: £280

An Organ Key from the Ruined English Church at Ypres.
An unusual curio, being a wooden organ key, believed to be...

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№ 505

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An Organ Key from the Ruined English Church at Ypres. An unusual curio, being a wooden organ key, believed to be from the ruined English Church at Ypres, the edge inscribed ‘+ Ypres 1914/15’, mounted for display with an attached label reading ‘Organ Key from the ruined English Chrch at Ypres. picked up by Gunner L. Tubbs R.A.’, good condition £60-£80

Hammer Price: £130

A 6th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch, 43mm x 10mm, diamond mounted...

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№ 506

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A 6th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch, 43mm x 10mm, diamond mounted regimental castle with platinum backing below enamelled title scroll on gold bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, in original velvet lined box, good condition £120-£160

Hammer Price: £220

A West Surrey Regiment Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch in 15 carat gold, by C.P. & Co., 45mm x 20mm,...

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№ 507

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A West Surrey Regiment Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch in 15 carat gold, by C.P. & Co., 45mm x 20mm, regimental enamelled badge mounted on bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, in original velvet lined box; together with another smaller Sterling silver example, good condition (2) £80-£100

Hammer Price: £170

An Essex Regiment Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch in 9 carat gold, 50mm x 15mm, regimental eagle...

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№ 508

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An Essex Regiment Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch in 9 carat gold, 50mm x 15mm, regimental eagle resting on enamel title mounted on bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, in original velvet lined box, good condition £80-£100

Hammer Price: £170

An Essex Regiment Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch in 14 carat gold, 45mm x 10mm, regimental eagle...

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№ 509

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An Essex Regiment Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch in 14 carat gold, 45mm x 10mm, regimental eagle resting on '44’ mounted on bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, in original velvet lined box, good condition £80-£100

Hammer Price: £140

A Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch in 15 carat gold, 40mm x...

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№ 510

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A Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch in 15 carat gold, 40mm x 30mm, regimental enamelled badge mounted on bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, in original velvet lined box, good condition £80-£100

Hammer Price: £140

A Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Sweetheart Brooch.
A fine Regimental Brooch in 9 carat gold, 40mm x 25mm,...

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№ 511

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A Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Sweetheart Brooch. A fine Regimental Brooch in 9 carat gold, 40mm x 25mm, regimental enamelled badge mounted on bar with elaborate pin fixing to the rear, good condition £80-£100

Hammer Price: £90

Sweetheart Brooches: A group of 10 Sweetheart Brooches, the majority silver and enamel, including Royal Horse...

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Sweetheart Brooches: A group of 10 Sweetheart Brooches, the majority silver and enamel, including Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Engineers, Devonshire Regiment, Lancashire Fusiliers, Worcestershire Regiment, South Staffordshire Regiment, Army Service Corps, and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the R.E. and R.E.M.E. badges both embellished with ‘diamonds’, generally good condition (10) £140-£180

Hammer Price: £160

Lapel Badges: A group of 7 Royal Air Force lapel badges and pins, including a R.A.F. Second World War Sweetheart’s...

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Lapel Badges: A group of 7 Royal Air Force lapel badges and pins, including a R.A.F. Second World War Sweetheart’s ‘Wings’; an Air Gunner’s tie-pin; a Women’s Junior Air Corps badge; and two R.A.F. Association lapel badges, generally good condition (7) £60-£80

£60–£80

Lapel Badges: A group of 10 lapel badges and pins, the majority silver, including Regular Army Reserve of Officers;...

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Lapel Badges: A group of 10 lapel badges and pins, the majority silver, including Regular Army Reserve of Officers; League of the Empire; Merchant Navy Comforts Service; British Rifle Team; Civil Defence Corps, generally good condition (10) £70-£90

£70–£90

Lapel Badges: A group of 17 lapel badges and Sweetheart Brooches, including 15th Hussars, Lothian and Border Horse;...

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Lapel Badges: A group of 17 lapel badges and Sweetheart Brooches, including 15th Hussars, Lothian and Border Horse; Royal Warwickshire Regiment; Royal Lincolnshire Regiment; Lancashire Fusiliers; Hampshire Regiment; Middlesex Regiment; Royal Army Medical Corps; Army Ordnance Corps; and Royal National Lifeboat Institution, generally good condition (17) £80-£100

Hammer Price: £50

An original Crimea War letter from Lieutenant Clement Heneage, 8th Hussars, who survived the Charge of the Light...

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№ 516

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An original Crimea War letter from Lieutenant Clement Heneage, 8th Hussars, who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade and went on to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny The letter in ink, four sides on a single folded sheet of blue paper, dated ‘Balaclava, Aug. 13th’, and reading: My dearest Mimsy I was very much surprised to hear of Clutterbuck's approaching marriage, which was about the least probable event in his life, according to what we knew of him - no...

Hammer Price: £1,300

The British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem War Service Certificate awarded to the Rt. Hon. The...

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The British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem War Service Certificate awarded to the Rt. Hon. The Viscount Dawson of Penn, Physician-in-Ordinary to H.M. King George V. Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England Certificate in recognition of valuable services rendered during the War 1914-19, named to ‘Bertram [sic] Dawson Esq., K.C.V.O., C.B., F.R.C.P.’, good condition £80-£100

Hammer Price: £60

Documents: Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England...

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Documents: Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England Certificate in recognition of valuable services rendered during the War 1914-19 (3), named to ‘Mr. Cradoc Davies; Miss Angela Gilbey; Miss Annie Saunderson’, name on first subsequently touched-up; Order of St. John of Jerusalem Bestowal Document, appointing ‘Alice Haigh’ a Serving Sister, dated 19 February 1958’; together with a Diary of Staff Nurse Mary Beatrice Heffernan,...

Hammer Price: £95

The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, a 1.5-inch wide silver-gilt three-pronged riband buckle...

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The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, a 1.5-inch wide silver-gilt three-pronged riband buckle for a Companion’s badge 1887-1917; together with a gilt suspension bar for a Companion’s Badge of the Order of the Bath, generally good condition (2) £80-£100

Hammer Price: £320

The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, a gold integral top brooch bar for a Companion’s breast badge, in...

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The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, a gold integral top brooch bar for a Companion’s breast badge, in Garrard, London, C.I.E. case of issue, very good condition £140-£180

Hammer Price: £360